 | | Book (edition) | | TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST ...masses such as occur in the — hollow, found geodes Iowa region, and from them weather the types of agates...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...HAROLD L. PRlOR P.O. Box 111 Columbus Junction, Iowa 52738 halprior@ louisacomm.net When we began this...too, could be cited with many other localities. Iowa contains the type locality for one mineral, iowaite...December 2014 Figure 2. Map of Iowa showing the counties. Courtesy Iowa Geological Survey. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...is courtesy of the Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...jaspers eroded from older rocks. The Indiana and Iowa geodes and the Montana moss agates are produced...often chatoyant. CUYUNITE, from Minnesota's CARNELIAN, a red form of quartz, is favorite cutting material...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico...usually veined with black. This is from Siskiyou County, California. z'^m-: LABRADORITE, the feldspar |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...another is thirty-five miles southeast of Des Moines, Iowa, near Knoxville. It is reasonable to take the weather...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...calcium carbonate 2.7 (kal'-site) Variety of Carnelian chalcedony 2.6 (kar-neal'-yan) Chalcedony |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (edition) | | Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties General Ge::ilogy...Locality ~hodonite Table Rock Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek CENTRAL OREGON...Ochoc::i D;ggings Post District Antelope Locality County Quarry Brown's Ranch Crystal Hills Clarno Road...Mile Hill Sunflower Flat EASTERN OREGON Malheur County Sucker Creek Locality Skull Spring Fossils Mop...Mop of Willow Creek Willow Creek Opal Harney County Malheur Cave Petrified F::irests U.S. Highway 20 Buchanan |  | | Book (volume) | | Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...TREASURES VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...under the heading of Nebraska, on the map of Sioux County, the site x How to Use This Book indicated |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...may be necessary crystals size. the area where Iowa, and Illinois tVlissouri, together near the Mississippi...rose quartz and ametfiyst quartz from Brazil: carnelian from India Bottom row agate and aventunne from |  | | Book (volume) | | ............................................181 Iowa .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Augusta, El Dorado, and at mileage 3288.0—Marion County line was crossed; a mile further (3289.0) was the...the river but we did not stop. 3306.0 miles—Chase County line on U.S. 50S. 567 3307.0 miles—Ceder Point...miles—We turn right on U.S. 75. 3475.0 miles—Jackson County line on U.S. 75. 3488.0 miles—Indian Reservation...MINERALS Omaha, Nebr. Council Bluffs, Iowa Sioux City, Iowa Fairmont, Minn. Minneapolis, Minn. 23....miles—End bridge over Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. At the end of the bridge in Council Bluffs, are |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with Wyoming...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...been the geode hunters in the area where Missouri, Iowa. and Illinois come togeth er near the M1ssissipp1...Nepal rose quartz and amethyst quartz from Brazil carnelian from India Bollom row agate and aventunne from...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 |  | | Book | | dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...pieces of apple green precious serpentine. In Carnelian Brook, New Jersey, gem prospectors dug up botryoidal...botryoidal pieces of some of the most vivid carnelian in the United States. Collectors in Florida found...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...in the Midwest statesFairburn agates, jasper, carnelian, chalcedony nodules (many fluorescent), opalized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Praseand Chrysoprase Rutilated Agate Chalcedony Carnelian Moss Agate OF AMERICA Sphene Rutile Octahedrite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown...diamond is now in the State Museum. The Cleveland County diamond was found in 1893 near Kings Mountain,...weighing approximately f of a carat. The Lincoln County diamond was found.near Cottage Home by Dr. C. L |  | | Journal (issue) | | Part III I got a near-perfect fit between the carnelian hemisphere and the hole in the cab. A fter I...had in mind was to shape a small hemisphere of carnelian agate that would closely match the size and shape...make in the back. I had the concept that the carnelian would show through, much as the sun shines through...shape of the carnelian hemisphere. I started by shaping a disk from a thick slab of carnelian from which...rockngem.com Unfortunately, the color from the carnelian didn’t project through to the front the way I |  | | Book | | worn by both sexes. The beads were also made of carnelian (red agate) and lapis lazuli (blue stone), but...The ancient cameos were carved from sardonyx, carnelian, and agate Klauber, famous engraver to the king...name in the Bible, varieties of agate, such as carnelian, and other quartz gems are mentioned in many places...Lapidary Society to organize groups in Los Angeles County. these early associations Agate and Mineral Society...action was that other sections of the city and county of Los Angeles soon began organizing their own |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE, area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock crystal...crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside the Co. line in a Hornblendegneiss...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | Book (volume) | | ............................................155 Iowa ..................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ............................................155 Iowa ..................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sponsored by the Eugene Mineral C l u b . Lane County Fairgrounds Auditorium Build ing, 13th and Monroe...Kalamazoo Geological and Mineral Society. Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 L a k e Street. Information:...A n n u a l Rock Swap sponsored by the Lawrence County Rock C l u b , I n c . T h e 4 - H F a i r grounds...Gem and Mineral Fair sponsored by the Ber gen County Mineralogy and Paleontology So ciety. Parking...Chicagoland Gems and Minerals Association. DuPage County Fair grounds, 2015 W. Manchester R o a d . Chair |
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